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The law of child support changes only slowly in the U.S., but maybe less so in Australia.

American courts are reluctant to end payments even if the man later disproves paternity (citing the harm to the child if the payments stop).

However, in October, the Federal Magistrates Court in Melbourne, Australia, acting on fertility-test results, ordered a mother to reimburse the man she swore was the father after he proved he had been sterile.

The woman also "recalled," after extensive therapy, that she might have had a one-night stand with a stranger around the time of conception. [Herald Sun (Melbourne), 10-8-2011]

A cutting-edge treatment when News of the Weird first heard of it in 2000 is now mainstream for those suffering extreme diarrhea due to a lack of "predator bacteria" in the colon (perhaps caused by antibiotics).

Among the primary treatments now is a transplant a transfusion of "fecal flora" from the gut of a bacteria-normal person, to restore the natural balance (introduced by a colonoscope after the stool is liquified in a blender).

Following months of failed alternatives, Jerry Grant, 33, said in October that his transplant, at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Ariz., worked remarkably well. (A recent study reported success in 70 of 77 patients.) [Arizona Republic, 10-31-2011; Huffington Post, 11-7-2011]